Type: | Binding_site | Name: | Orn/DAP/Arg decarboxylase 2, pyridoxal-phosphate binding site |
Description: | These enzymes are collectively known as group IV decarboxylases [].Pyridoxal-dependent decarboxylases acting on ornithine, lysine, arginine and related substrates can be classified into two different families on the basisof sequence similarities [, ].Members of this family while most probably evolutionary related, do not share extensive regions of sequence similarities. This site contains a conserved lysine residue which is known, in mouse ODC [], to be the site of attachment of thepyridoxal-phosphate group. | Short Name: | De-COase2_pyr-phos_BS |